BACOLOD CITY – Authorities are investigating if the fatal broad daylight shooting of a 59-year-old church driver in Barangay Taculing here on Sunday, Aug. 24, was a case of mistaken identity. Police Lt. Meller Dionio, spokesperson of the Bacolod City Police Office, said that a background check on...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - The Philippine National Police (PNP)-Bicol’s strict enforcement of the five-minute response policy once again proved effective after officers swiftly apprehended a stabbing suspect and saved the life of the victim in Naga City, in Camarines Sur province on Sunday afternoon,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 59-year-old man was gunned down outside a church on Circumferential Road in Barangay Taculing here on Sunday, Aug. 24. Police Capt. Rosalino Pugoy Jr., head of Police Station 6, identified the victim as Efren, a resident of Barangay Granada in this city. Pugoy said that the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region reported that crime in the region dropped by 7.96 percent from June 2 to July 31 following the implementation of the Philippine National Police five-minute response time policy. PRO-NIR Director Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay...
CEBU CITY – A man admitted stealing bottles of liquor to sustain his illegal drug addiction. Niño Rey Maglinis Cosido, a 21-year-old resident of Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City, was arrested after taking two bottles of Johnnie Walker whisky from a supermarket on Tuesday morning, Aug. 19....
CEBU CITY – Two men were arrested for allegedly robbing a jeepney passenger in Barangay Lorega here on Sunday morning, Aug. 17. Police identified the suspects as Vinz Niel Rayna Canucat, 23, and Arjohn Pobadora Boles, 18. The suspects’ alleged cohort, Michael Villanueva Jr., remain at large....
Stressing that criminals have mastered new ways to do their schemes, President Marcos ordered the police force to put an end to crimes that exploit modern technology. "Inaabuso nila ang mga makabagong teknolohiya upang manloko, manlinlang, at mambiktima. Ito ang kailangan nating bantayan. Ito ang...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office reported an 18.66 percent increase in total crime volume in this highly-urbanized city from Jan. 1 to June 30. A total of 731 crime incidents were recorded in the first six months, from 616 during the same period in 2024, an increase of 115 cases....
SAN ANTONIO, Quezon – A businessman from Lipa City, Batangas was allegedly shot dead by his former employee in Rosario, Batangas on Monday. Police identified victim as Nelson Calalo, 36. Calalo’s body was found in his vehicle in Barangay Loob, this town, on Tuesday. The suspect Larry...
BUTUAN CITY – The Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office (SDSPPO) on Wednesday announced the arrest of one of the suspects in the killing of Bislig City broadcaster Edwin Segovia. SDSPPO Director Police Col. Jeffrey Lawrence Mauricio said the 40-year-old suspect is a farmer and a resident of...
CEBU CITY – A job-order worker of the Cebu City Hall was gunned down in what police suspected as a crime of passion in Barangay Suba here on Monday night, Aug. 4. Roldan Delima Minguito, 46, was shot at close range in the head inside his house past 8:15 p.m. Police said the victim had just...
BACOLOD CITY – A businessman was killed by a gunman who was neutralized in a shootout with responding policemen at the Barangay Dancalan public plaza in Ilog, Negros Occidental on Tuesday morning, Aug. 5. Police identified the victim as 50-year-old Pat, a resident of Barangay Dancalan, Ilog, and...
